Children Photography

Lately I came across a few children photographers who really blow me away, namely three: Barb Uil (http://www.jinkyart.com.au), Skye Hardwick (http://www.workofheartphoto.com) and Kristen Cook (http://www.kristencook.com.au). They are really inspiring and make me want to have a go at it. Except that I'm terrified, because how on Earth would I be able to photograph little creatures that are constantly on the move?! After a couple of photos taken of my daughter, I'm already exhausted. So, in the meatime, I found some old photos of this little girl I photographed at a wedding, and thought I'd play around with some Photoshop actions found on the site Florabella (http://www.florabellacollection.com). Apparently, Skye Hardwick (mentioned above) uses these actions, so if it's good enough for her...

I'm usually not a fan of Photoshop, which I very rarely use. I like my photos to keep a fairly natural feel, so apart from white balance and contrast, I don't spend too much time on them. I use Lightroom 3 which I find billiant and very practical to edit a lot of photos at once.
However, I just HAD to try these vintage actions. Just this time. Promise.

Photo of the Day: Alice

Some of you might have noticed that I have a new blog design, and I'm very excited to launch it with the photo of an irresistible little French girl called Alice (15 months).
Her mother and I used to go to school together, so it's just totally weird to see her as a mum now :)

I always marvel at the Parisian kids' outfits, it's like they are born with an inner sense of style. Well, I know their parents dress them but still, I'm sure it's in the genes too. You know, the way they tilt their little heads under their knitted hats, with their eyes saying look at me I'm too cute. When my 18 month old daughter and I arrived there last month, I quickly felt embarrassed by her worn grey sneakers ('cause "grey goes with everything"), so I ditched them in favour of dusted pink leather shoes. Hoping no-one noticed.

I know I said photo of the day, but it'll have to be photoS of the day because I just couldn't not post this one as well :)

Talmont-sur-Gironde

Don't you just love the name. Can't get more French than that. I can hear you say "Talmont-sur-what?!".

Anyway, just spent a day there on Monday (yes it's the name of a town) and while everyone was whingeing that it was cold and rainy, I rejoiced in the gloomy light and deserted streets.

Because of the rain I only took my compact Canon Powershot S90 but loved the results (I find that landscapes usually suit compact cameras nicely as they don't usually require the shallow depth of field that works so well with portraits).

I hope you enjoy them! :)

Sydney Pregnancy: Tina & Simon (and Alexander!)

Alexander Benjamin was born 4 days ago Monday 3 May, on his exact due date. Little did he know he had already been photographed when in mummy's tummy a couple of months back.

Tina and Simon are friends and we did not really plan a photo shoot (had we planned things Simon would probably have chosen a plain t-shirt!). They were on the beach to look after our daughter while we were doing another "official" shoot. However, after we finished, the light was so beautiful and I already the right equipment with me, so we decided to take a few shots. Simon is an enthusiast photographer himself (specialised in underwater photography, you can see his beautiful (and courageous!) images on http://www.simonsaysscuba.com ), so he also stepped in to photograph his very pregnant and radiant wife.

 

 

Sophia

It's 10.12pm on a Monday evening, my husband is watching "Boston Legal" on TV and I feel like posting something on my blog. Perhaps to forget that I accidentally left our cat in the laundry all day.

I was just thinking of my colleague Maria who asked me why I never posted anything about our daughter Sophia. Apart from the fact that I've only started this blog fairly recently, I didn't think people would care much about my personal life (that is, if people even read my blog). I mean, I should really leave my teeth brushing adventures for facebook.

But, here you go Maria, this one is for you, some pics taken on Sunday after our lunch at the Fish Markets. Poor thing, she must think a mum is a person with a lens stuck on their right eye. Oh well.